Zoology

An Open Letters Review Best Book of the YearA leading expert in animal behavior takes us into the wild to better understand and manage our fears.Fear, honed by millions of years of natural selection, kept our ancestors alive. Whether by slithering away,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949501117Author David GoudswardFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Anomalist BooksPublisher Anomalist BooksWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Australia's venomous snakes are widely viewed as the world's most deadly and are regarded with cautious curiosity, fascination and, regrettably, fear. Australia's Dangerous Snakes examines the biology, natural history, venom properties and bite treatment...

From the snub-nosed monkeys of China to the mountain gorillas of central Africa, our closest nonhuman relatives are in critical danger worldwide. A recent report, for example, warns that nearly 20 percent of the world's primates may go extinct within the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143127062Author Menno SchilthuizenFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 244g

The tawny frogmouth is one of Australia's most intriguing and endearing birds. Written by award-winning author Gisela Kaplan, one of Australia's leading authorities on animal behaviour and native birds, this second edition of Tawny Frogmouth presents an...

Horses were first domesticated about 6,000 years ago on the vast Eurasian steppe extending from Mongolia to the Carpathian Mountains. Yet only in the last two decades have scientists begun to explore the specific mental capacities of these animals...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845234737Author Loretta Collins KlobahFormat PaperbackImprint Peepal Tree Press LtdPublisher Peepal Tree Press Ltd

This introductory undergraduate textbook provides a concise, clear and affordable overview of parasite biology for students and non-specialists, to equip them for approaching more technical and detailed literature. Using examples from all groups of...

There are more than 33,000 species of living fishes, accounting for more than half of the extant vertebrate diversity on Earth. This unique and comprehensive reference showcases the basic anatomy and diversity of all 82 orders of fishes and more than 150...

Of the world's dogs, less than two hundred million are pets, living with humans who provide food, shelter, squeaky toys, and fashionable sweaters. But roaming the planet are four times as many dogs who are their own masters-neighborhood dogs, dump dogs,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942130796Author Gary TomlinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 328Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 662gDimensions(mm) 237mm * 155mm * 27mm

THE NEUROETHOLOGY OF PREDATION AND ESCAPE To eat and not get eaten is key to animal survival, and the arms race between predators and prey has driven the evolution of many rapid and spectacular behaviours. This book explores the neural mechanisms...

How birds have evolved and adapted to survive winterBirds in Winter is the first book devoted to the ecology and behavior of birds during this most challenging season. Birds remaining in regions with cold weather must cope with much shorter days to find...

Focusing on the physiological and behavioral factors that enable a species to live in a harsh seasonal environment, this book places the social biology of marmots in an environmental context. It draws on the results of a forty-year empirical study of the...

Humans spend more time in or on the water than ever before; we love the beach. But for many people, getting in the water provokes a moment's hesitation. Shark attacks are big news events and although the risk of shark attack on humans is incredibly low,...

This seminal work chronicles George B. Schaller's two years of travel and observation of gorillas in East and Central Africa in the late 1950s, high in the Virunga volcanoes on the Zaire-Rwanda-Uganda border. There, he learned that these majestic...

This fifth volume of State of the Apes brings together original research and analysis with topical case studies and emerging best practice to further the ape conservation agenda around disease and health. It provides an overview of relevant disease and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501135569Author Ben MezrichFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm * 23mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906370596Author Carolyn FranklinFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Book HousePublisher Salariya Book Company Ltd

Now published by Academic Press and revised from the author's previous Five Kingdoms Third edition, this extraordinary, all inclusive catalogue of the world's living organisms describes the diversity of the major groups, or phyla, of nature's most...

Phil Lester's first book, The Vulgar Wasp, was about one of the world's most hated insects. His second is about just the opposite - the honey bee, arguably one of our best-loved six-legged creatures. People have revered honey bees for centuries. Today we...

The chimpanzee is one of our planet's best-loved and most instantly recognisable animals. Splitting from the human lineage between four and six million years ago, it is (along with its cousin, the bonobo) our closest living relative, sharing around 94%...

Wild animals have been housed in zoos and aquariums for 5,000 years, fascinating people living in virtually every society. Today, these institutions are at a new milestone in their history. This second edition of Zoo and Aquarium History takes the reader...

Scores of wild species and ecosystems around the world face a variety of human-caused threats, from habitat destruction and fragmentation to rapid climate change. But there is hope, and it, too, comes in a most human form: zoos and aquariums. Gathering a...

From ants to whales, the lives of animals are filled with challenges that demand minute-by-minute decisions: to fight or flee, dominate or obey, take-off, share, eat, spit out or court. Learning develops adaptive tuning to a changeable environment, while...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528771740Author Charles DarwinFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 413gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 16mm

Introduction to Human-Animal Interaction focuses on the human dimension of interacting with other animals. This book introduces recent developments, theories, and debates in the relatively new research area of Human-Animal Interaction (HAI) and focuses...

A land of extremes, the Northern Territory's arid deserts and monsoonal forests harbour some of Australia's smallest and the world's largest reptiles, as well as some of the world's most venomous snakes.Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Northern...

This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of bats. The authors worked with an international group of bat experts and conservationists to develop a global list of interventions that could benefit...

This edition includes new translations of Aristotle's Generation of Animals along with History of Animals I and Parts of Animals I. The translations are noteworthy for their consistency and accuracy, and fit seamlessly with the other volumes in the...

The musteloids are the most diverse super-family among carnivores, ranging from little known, exotic, and highly-endangered species to the popular and familiar, and include a large number of introduced invasives. They feature terrestrial, fossorial,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780778706809Author Bobbie KalmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Crabtree Publishing Co,CanadaPublisher Crabtree Publishing Co,Canada

Until about 13,000 years ago, North America was home to a menagerie of massive mammals. Mammoths, camels, and lions walked the ground that has become Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles and foraged on the marsh land now buried beneath Chicago's streets...

This text takes the reader on a guided tour of scientific research concerning animal mentality. Are animals consciously aware of anything, or are they merely living machines incapable of conscious thoughts or emotions? How can we tell? Such questions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909488465Author Jonathan DownesFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 5mm

Animals lead rich social lives. They care for one another, compete for resources, and mate. Within a society, social relationships may be simple or complex and usually vary considerably, both between different groups of individuals and over time. These...

People form enduring emotional bonds with other animal species, such as dogs, cats, and horses. For the most part, these are domesticated animals, with one notable exception: Many people form close and supportive relationships with parrots, even though...

An authoritative study of extinction in birds, with case studies of 20 critically endangered species and the research initiatives designed to save them.Almost two hundred species of birds have become extinct in the past 400 years, and a similar number...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588340337Author Samuel I. ZeveloffFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm)...